The Washington critic., 1887-10-26
WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 90, 1ss'
THE SUNDAY SALOON.

law permitting tho sale on Sundays Of light
wines and malt beycrages'
Are you In favor OF the passage of law per |
hitting the sale on sundays OF light wines and |
malt beverages In cities Of 10000 Inhabitants |
ar over
Are ysu In favor Of the passage OF n law per. |
hitting the sale on sundays of light wines and |
malt beverages between the hours OF 10 |
o'clock noon and la O'Clock midnight, or dur.
ing any other portion of such day.
Are you in favor OF the passage OF u law per
mitting the opening on sundays to the public
oi art galleries. museums ami libraries
A,e you In favor of secular music ON Sun
days in public parks, squares, gardens or
halls
There are many persons in both of
the old part.es-many even in the
Prohibition party-who can answer
two at least of these questions In the
affirmative, but a negative reply to the
four others would rule the candidate
out.
1t is not the object OF the Personal
Liberty party to make the opening of
art galleries and libraries, or music In
the parks an Independent issue, or an
issue at all, excepting so far as these
Innovations can he made auxiliary to
the main purpose Of the movement.
The two latter interrogatorie, are
thrown into the catechlsm as mere
catch. weights.
Could popular vote be had on them
all II would doubtless show steadily
growing antagonism to the Sunday
liquor traffic on the one hand, and
gradually increasing tendency towards
the opening Of libraries, gardens and
art galleries on the other. But they
do not belong together. There Is not
much OF a sympathetic relation be.
tween them.
The chief aim of the Personal Liberty
party is to obtain legislative consent
to the Sunday saloon. This being &C.
complished, the Sunday library or
museum would become secondary
consideration. 1t would prove rather
disadvantage than an advantage to
the retail liquor business.
But there is no party In New York
or elsewhere that can afford to take
the responsibility of retrogressive
legislation in this matter. No party
can safely countenance any step that
shall tend to undo or create necessity
for doing over what has already been
done towards the regulation of the
liquor traffic Whether It bo right or
wrong, the drift OF public sentiment
runs strongly the other way.
1t does not follow that Democrats or
Republicans should commit themselves
absolutely to the principle of prohibi.
tion, about which there are honest diff
ferences of opinion, nor fall into the
rut of puritanic sabbatarianism, out
OF which free thought is happily evoly-
ing itself, but of one thing they can
rest assured. the great majority of the
people of this country, and a majority
that Is bound to assert itself, have come
TO the fixed and immovable conclusion
that an indiscriminate liquor traffic on
Sunday or between any certain hours
on Sunday, shall never be made leglu.
mate by law.
Where the saloons have been closed
on that day they will stay closed
Where they are still open II is but
question of time when they will bt
shut. There Is this much Of rever
ence for Sunday among the American
people that will not be surrendered.
The Republicans of New York, a
their county convention last evening
decided to place De Lancey Nicoll ant
Randolph b. MARITIME on their judlcia
ticket-Mr. Nicoll as candidate fol
District Attorney and Mr.. MARITIME fol
Jndge of the new Court OF Genera
Sessions-and the World Is correspond
ingly happy. Mr.. Nlcoll accepted the
nomination as Democrat, against Mr.
Fellows, the regular Democratic can
didate, on condition that Mr.. MARITIME
also Democratic candidate, was In
dorsed by the Republican convention
A resolution that 1t would not be to the
advantage of the Republican State
ticket to indorse any Democratic can
didate for local office, was laid on the
table by vote of 203 to 32. The
World, having gained Its point, now
advises Mr.. Fellows to withdraw
In order to save himself from
bad defeat. The HcrdM says tina
the Nicoll movement is designed by II
authors to break down the unity of tn
Democratic party. The SIM says tina
all llpeople who "belleve In fair play an
hate bosslsm" will vote for ColOut
Fellows. The Mugwumps will vot
for Nicoll," The star speaks of NJ
Nicoll as Stretched to distortion
stuffed to distension, sunk to dishonol
and sold to disgrace" The Times an
Tribune approve the action OF the cor
yention. Independent politics seems t
be growing in fashion, notwithstaudin
the strange bedfellows It makes.
THAT the track at Ivy City Is one {
the best, If not the best, In the countr
was demonstrated yesterday when, a
ter hours of hard raining, the slX.ful
long dash was won by Stuyvesant, wit
118 pounds, In 11j4; the Arlingto
Stakes for two year.olds by Racelan
in 1'14l, and the Autumnal Handicap
II miles, by Yolante, with 129 pound
in 2:09f. Better time was never mac
at Ivy City with dry track. 1t
faster time than that made at Jeron
Park, and as good as that made
Brooklyn, Sheepshead and Monmouth
Yesterdays racing has placed the NJ
iional Jockey Club on an equality wit
the older racing organizations. Th